Name: Freak Flag by Ron Rutherford
Duration: 3 min 23 s
Description: Freak Flag, is a rollicking introduction to Ron Rutherford – Texan, New Yorker, Country Rockin’ rebel. He knows where he’s going and happy to have you tag along.

That's a real catchy sound and progression !!

Very nice-my feet are pounding my apartment floor-I expect the neighbor downstairs to knock on her ceiling any moment! F@#k her!

"Forever" by Jon Statham

A song about a relationship between a daughter and her estranged Dad. How his disappearing never made sense to her until he came back 14yrs later and she realised she was better off without him in her life. His choices, actions and persona only ever left her sad, rejected, abandoned, confused and in pain,  creating a pattern of people pleasing to maintain a one sided relationship.

Mood of song:  Contemporary, emotional, ballad, loss, sad, confusion, mix and hope

Female Vocals: Artist Beeby Leigh

Makes Sense to Me - Single

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Makes-Sense-To-Me

Makes Sense To Me

SAFE ENOUGH FINAL MIX

Left Hand Turn

Ron Rutherford

Many Moons Ago is the penultimate song on the album. “Don’t I know You?” “When did we do this before?” “Are we friend or foe? Do you remember?” Once Ted Falcon’s supernatural fiddle introduces this one you know you’re in for something remarkable, stimulating, that somehow familiar trail you didn’t take...this time.

Many Moons Ago

Ron says his music comes from his life experiences, and not all of them have been happy. Everyone knows things don’t always work out as planned. In Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye, this down-to-the-bone singer/songwriter takes us through a lovers’ breakup, describing every feeling, every step of the way, until, finally – it’s done.

Bye Bye Baby Bye Bye

Freak Flag, is a rollicking introduction to Ron Rutherford – Texan, New Yorker, Country Rockin’ rebel. He knows where he’s going and happy to have you tag along.

Freak Flag

Home (ft. Jimmy Pearson & Tim Ketenjian)

I Wanna Know You

A song composed and recorded during the pandemic of 2020.

GHOSTS

Ron Rutherford is a man whose life has been built around music.

He fondly recalls bouncing on the back seat of his Father’s Chevy Bel Air to The Beatles singing “I Want To Hold Your Hand” on the radio. “It was a typically beautiful Dallas, Texas day,” he says, “blue skies and fair weather cumulus clouds out the windshield as we sped down the highway.” It proved to be a seminal ride. He has been inspired by and passionate about music ever since.

Ron played piano as a kid in Texas. Moving to New York City as a young man, he took up guitar.

While living in New York, he played and sang around Manhattan and the Northeast; did some television and jingle work; was written up in the New York Times for his performances with The Rutherford & Steward Band; and wrote and performed briefly with legendary rock pianist Nicky Hopkins.

Ron Rutherford's musical influences are eclectic and diverse including such artists as: The Eagles, Don Henley, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, The Steve Miller Band, Van Morrison, Buddy Holly, The Everly Brothers, The Beatles, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, The Band, The Allman Brothers, Creedence, Little Feat, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Elvis Costello, Traffic, Leon Russell, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Rodney Crowell, Warren Zevon and Hank Williams

Although growing up listening to and loving Rock and Roll on the radio and records, he had country music in his ears wherever he went, just from living in Texas – and both had a profound impact on him.

Ron Rutherford's music is something familiar you’ve never heard before – stories of love, loss, insight, and inspiration. Picture a full moon over a long lost trail and a lone wolf that beckons the listener to follow to the end.
Ron Rutherford's album, Lone Wolf, ends too soon.

Potent Americana; a unique voice and down-to-the-bone songs combined with the sounds of some of the finest musicians you’ve ever heard.

Freak Flag

Ron Rutherford

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